Tasmania’s Floods Worst in 59 Years
HOBART, Wednesday.—The worst floods in 59 years caused thousands of pounds worth of damage in the Derwent Valley and Huan districts of Tasmania. While gales lashed Base Stcalt,…
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Floods & storms, 1947
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Thousands Of Pounds Flood Damage In Tasmania
Damage estimated at thousands, of pounds was caused in the Derwent Valley and Huon districts of Tasmania by the worst floods in 59 years. Ten families in the Lower Derwent Valley had to vacate…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Violent gales which have lashed shipping in the Bass Strait for four days were still piling up…
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Kosciusco, during the last 24 hours, experienced the heaviest snowfalls of the season. Snow has blocked roads from…
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BUDAPEST, June 20.—In another uproarious session of the Hungarian Parliament, Vince Nagy (no relation to the ex-Premier), vice-president of the “Freedom Party,” followed his party leader Sulyok in condemning the new regime…
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The Premier (Hon. James McGirr, M.L.A.) has announced that the Minister for Conservation (Mr. Weir) has informed him that the report received by him from the Hunter River Flood Mitigation Committee, set up last year by the Government, was an excellent…
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The President of the Patrick Plains Shire Council (Cr. A. C. Marshall), at yesterday's meeting moved that a letter be written to the Minister…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday— One of the worst winter storms for many years swept North Island at the week-end, delaying…
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CAMBRIDGE, Ne[?]as[?]a: USA) June 23.—When the river overflowed at Cambridge, after heavy rain, ten people were drowned…
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A donation of £2 has been received from Mr. and Mrs. R. De Alvion for the Red Cross British Flood Relief Appeal…
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DESMOINE, June 27.— Floods continue in the towns in Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois with the homeless…
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Not least among the items of loss resulting from the floods which periodically lay waste many low-lying, rural districts is…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), June 30.—Disastrous floods the worst since 1897, followed ten inched of rain in 24 hours in the Warra raps district during part of Friday and Saturday A Maori farmhand was caught in a torrent and…
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Civilians, troops and naval reservists, and even women, are battling to save homes and farmlands along a 150-mile front…
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WELLINGTON, Monday.—A wild southerly storm, which has swept the lower half of North Island since early on Friday…
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NEW YORK, July 1.—Floods in the Missippi River, after Flat tening out at St, Louis yesterday at the bighest level in 103 years,…
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NEW YORK, July 2—New levee breaks along a 90-miles stretch of the Mississippi River near St. Louis yesterday…
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The floods in the vast Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys took a heavy toll in human suffering, driving) about 35,000…
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SHANGHAI, July 8. Chinese Press reports say that the Chmkiang River has inundated. the outskirts of…
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NEW YORK July 9—Flood damage in the Middle West “Bread Basket” has reached the staggering total of £265,000,000 according to an official survey. Agricultural land sufficed the…
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